CitizenKing's "Film Noir Primer"

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A list of the essential American film noir movies.

  1. 1.
    The Maltese Falcon (Three-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by John Huston

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  2. 2.
    Out of the Past
    by Jacques Tourneur

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  3. 3.
    The Big Sleep
    by Howard Hawks

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  4. 4.
    Laura
    by Rouben Mamoulian

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  5. 5.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder

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  6. 6.
    Murder, My Sweet
    by Edward Dmytryk

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  7. 7.
    The Asphalt Jungle
    by John Huston

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  8. 8.
    Kiss Me Deadly
    by Robert Aldrich

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  9. 9.
    Criss Cross
    by Robert Siodmak

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  11. 12.
    This Gun for Hire
    by Frank Tuttle

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  12. 13.
    Force of Evil
    by Abraham Polonsky

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  13. 14.
    The Big Clock (Universal Noir Collection)
    by John Farrow

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  14. 15.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

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  15. 16.
    The Big Combo
    by Joseph H. Lewis

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  16. 17.
    High Sierra (Keepcase)
    by Raoul Walsh

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  17. 18.
    Night and the City - Criterion Collection
    by Jules Dassin

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  18. 19.
    Detour (B&W)
    by Edgar G. Ulmer

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  19. 20.
    D.O.A.
    by Rudolph Maté

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  20. 21.
    Phantom Lady (1944)
    by Robert Siodmak

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  21. 22.
    The Blue Dahlia (1946)
    by George Marshall

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  22. 23.
    Black Angel
    by Roy William Neill

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  23. 24.
    Born to Kill
    by Robert Wise

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  24. 25.
    The Dark Corner
    by Henry Hathaway

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  25. 26.
    Fallen Angel (Fox Film Noir)
    by Otto Preminger

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  26. 27.
    Gilda
    by Charles Vidor

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  27. 28.
    Gun Crazy
    by Joseph H. Lewis

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  28. 29.
    Kiss of Death (Fox Film Noir)
    by Henry Hathaway

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  29. 30.
    The Lady from Shanghai

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  30. 31.
    Macao

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  31. 32.
    Mildred Pierce (Keepcase)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  32. 33.
    The Letter (1940)
    by William Wyler

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  33. 34.
    The Narrow Margin
    by Richard Fleischer

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  34. 35.
    The Postman Always Rings Twice
    by Tay Garnett

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  35. 36.
    Sorry Wrong Number (1948) (Sub)
    by Anatole Litvak

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  36. 37.
    Scarlet Street (Remastered Edition)
    by Fritz Lang

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  37. 39.
    The Glass Key [Import]
    by Stuart Heisler

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Created by CitizenKing on Feb 27, 2008.
 

Comments

Double Indemnity — 45 weeks ago

I think this one should make the list.


Untitled — 1 year ago

This is a work in progress.